Cleveland Museum of Art
Drawing of a Man’s Head with an Unusual Turban
- Date
- c. 1780
- Medium
- gum tempera and gold on paper
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The painting is a study of a man’s head, perhaps for a finished portrait. It was a common practice among artists to make preparatory sketches of people, to be manifested in later portraits. The artist has rendered the drawing with heavy outline on the eyebrows, eye, and moustache, while soft tones are employed for the modelling of the face. The man in the study appears to be a Hindu Rajput noble.
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